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Newly from distribution Arch GNU / Linux has been removed graphical installer system. This was due to his long-time update. Developers of the distribution did not panic and prepare installation scripts that help simplify the manual installation of the system. This article is written only because ordinary users, especially after Windows 7, with a console (command line) may refuse to install it at all, let alone work there. Installation is in VmWare Player. You can download the distribution link Arch GNU / Linux from 2012.08.04.

[Enter] = "Enter" key

After the startup disk from under DOS, you must select a boot option:


Boot Arch Linux (i686)

When the system is booted, all commands must be followed sequentially. Start with a blank hard disk breakdown, which was not a single operating system. Run the utility GNU Parted:


$parted

Create a new partition table:


(parted) mklabel msdos

A positive answer to these questions:


(parted) (yes/no)? yes

Our virtual hard disk has 16GB. Create a primary partition to the size of the entire hard drive from a position of 0.0MB:


(parted) mkpart primary 0.0M 16G

Ignore the warning:


(parted) (Ignore/Cancel)? Ignore

Exit the program:


(parted) quit

Create a file system (the so-called disk formatting :)):


$mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda1

Remove the reserved blocks (5.00%) in the section left for remedial purposes administrator (root):


$tune2fs -r 0 /dev/sda1

Mount the partition in a directory:


$mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

Connect to the Internet via DHCP:


$dhclient

Install base from the developer tools:


$pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

Generate a file allocation table file system:


$genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Change the root directory with "/" on "/mnt":


$arch-chroot /mnt

Create a file with the name of our virtual computer:


$cat > /etc/hostname 

wickedpc [Enter] 

CTRL+D

Create a symbolic link (shortcut) to our time zone (Moscow):


$ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow /etc/localtime

Create a file of our desired locale:


$nano /etc/locale.conf 

LANG="en_US.UTF-8" [Enter] 

LC_COLLATE="C" [Enter] 

LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" [Enter] 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Uncomment (the "#"), our locale:


$nano /etc/locale.gen 

# en_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8 

# en_US.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15 

en_US ISO-8859-1 

en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 

# en_ZA ISO-8859-1 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Generate additional information:


$locale-gen

Create our kernel with the default configuration:


$mkinitcpio -p linux

Install the boot loader:


$pacman -S syslinux

Configure the boot loader:


$/usr/sbin/syslinux-install_update -iam

Change in the configuration editor to boot from CD "/dev/sda1":


$nano /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Install the administrator password(root). "wicked" = "Your password":


$passwd [Enter] 

wicked [Enter] 

wicked [Enter]

We leave from the folder "/mnt" to the root "/":


$exit

Unmount the drive:


$umount /mnt

All, the base system is installed, the basic settings are made. Reboot into the new system:


$reboot

After loading the entry as:


$login: root

$password: wicked [Enter]

Add a new standard user "wicked":


$useradd -m wicked

Set the password of the new user:


$passwd wicked 

$wicked [Enter]

$wicked [Enter]

Install the utility that can help the standard user administrative action:


$pacman -S sudo

Edit the configuration file:


$nano /etc/sudoers 

root ALL=(ALL) ALL 

wicked ALL=(ALL) ALL 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Exit the Administrator account:


$exit

We go in as a standard user:


$login: wicked 

$password: wicked

Install the display server:


$sudo pacman -S xorg

Sudo requires a password to operate the current standard user:


password: wicked

Answer questions:


$(default=all): [Enter] 

$[Y/n]: y

Install the meta-package graphical client (user's desktop :)):


$sudo pacman -S kde-meta 

password: wicked 

$(default=all): [Enter] 

 [Enter] 

 [Enter] 

$[Y/n]: y

Change the system to boot from the console (command line) to the graphical desktop:


$sudo nano /etc/inittab 

password: wicked 

#Boot to X11 

id:5:initdefault: 

#Login manager 

x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Adding to automatic loading service DBUS, necessary to complete the work of graphical desktop KDE:


$sudo nano /etc/rc.conf 

password: wicked 

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network crond dbus) 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

User configurable display server to load the client of the KDE desktop:


$sudo nano .xinitrc 

password: wicked 

exec ck-launch-session startkde [Enter] 

CTRL+O [Enter] 

CTRL+X

Reboot:


$reboot

All, the system is fully operational :)


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